Women's Basketball Ends Season with Win over RIT

ELMIRA, NY - In her final contest as a member of the Elmira College Women’s Basketball team fourth year guard Kourtney Troutman ’08 (South Dayton, NY -- Pine Valley) ended her career recording the Soaring Eagles (12-13, 8-8 E8) only double-double in the 58-49 win over the visiting Tigers of RIT (12-12, 7-9 E8) Sunday afternoon at Speidel Gymnasium.

On the day Troutman managed a 10 point, 11 boards showing, while also earning a pair of assists and steals. For the Tigers Joanna Dobeck had a double-double of her own tallying 14 points and 12 rebounds.

For the first ten minutes of the game, the score remained close with EC only able to take at most a four point lead on two occasions. However, in the final eight minutes the Soaring Eagles managed gain some breathing room extending their lead to 8 with solid shooting from third year forward Mary Symonds ’09 (South Acworth, NH -- Fall Mountain) and first year guard Tesia Kaczynski ’11 (Mansfield, PA -- Mansfield).

Combined the two scored a total of 15 points respectively against the Tigers, with Kaczynski managing a pair of three point field goals. Even with some offensive spurts from the Tigers, the Purple and Gold closed out the first 20 minutes of play with an 8 point lead going into the locker rooms.

The second half also started off slow for EC, with RIT cutting the lead down to one at the 17:31 mark. Elmira answered back with 6 unanswered points to take a 7 point lead with about 15 minutes to play. 

By the midway point, the Soaring Eagles took their first double figure lead of the afternoon on a Becky Peterman ’11 (Glen Gardner, NJ -- Voorhees) three point basket, which was her only three point field goal of the game.

Despite many efforts on the part of Elmira, RIT kept the game close in the final minutes of the competition. With the final horn sounding the Tigers knew that this afternoon’s loss meant that they were eliminated from post season play.

Along with Troutman, Sunday’s game also marked the final contest in the careers of Bridget Catanese ’08 (Yardley, PA -- Notre Dame), Kat Jax ’08 (Chandler, AZ -- Seton Catholic), Erin Skaradek ’08 (New Hartford, NY -- New Hartford Central), and Christie Damo ’08 (Bronx, NY -- Preston).

RIT 49, Elmira College 58
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